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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 104157-104159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30483]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[30Day-25-1352]

Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review

    In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has submitted the information 
collection request titled ``Operational Readiness Review 2.0'' to the 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval. CDC 
previously published a ``Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public 
Comment and

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Recommendations'' notice on June 17, 2024 to obtain comments from the 
public and affected agencies. CDC did not receive comments related to 
the previous notice. This notice serves to allow an additional 30 days 
for public and affected agency comments.
    CDC will accept all comments for this proposed information 
collection project. The Office of Management and Budget is particularly 
interested in comments that:
    (a) Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is 
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency, 
including whether the information will have practical utility;
    (b) Evaluate the accuracy of the agencies estimate of the burden of 
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the 
methodology and assumptions used;
    (c) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to 
be collected;
    (d) Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those 
who are to respond, including, through the use of appropriate 
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting 
electronic submission of responses; and
    (e) Assess information collection costs.
    To request additional information on the proposed project or to 
obtain a copy of the information collection plan and instruments, call 
(404) 639-7570. Comments and recommendations for the proposed 
information collection should be sent within 30 days of publication of 
this notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular 
information collection by selecting ``Currently under 30-day Review--
Open for Public Comments'' or by using the search function. Direct 
written comments and/or suggestions regarding the items contained in 
this notice to the Attention: CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management 
and Budget, 725 17th Street NW, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 
395-5806. Provide written comments within 30 days of notice 
publication.

Proposed Project

    Operational Readiness Review 2.0 (OMB Control No. 0920-1352)--
Reinstatement--Office of Readiness and Response (ORR), Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Background and Brief Description

    To help evaluate the country's public health emergency preparedness 
and response capacity, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's 
Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR) administers the Public 
Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement. The PHEP 
program is a critical source of funding for 62 state, local, and 
territorial jurisdictions including four major metropolitan areas 
(Chicago, Los Angeles County, New York City, and Washington, DC) to 
build and strengthen their ability to respond to and recover from 
public health emergencies. The Operational Readiness Review (ORR) is a 
rigorous, evidence-based assessment used to evaluate PHEP recipients' 
planning and operational functions. The purpose of the ORR 2.0 is to 
expand measurement and evaluation to all 15 Public Health Emergency 
Preparedness and Response Capabilities, which serve as national 
standards for public health preparedness planning: 1--Community 
Preparedness; 2--Community Recovery; 3--Emergency Operations 
Coordination; 4--Emergency Public Information and Warning; 5--Fatality 
Management; 6--Information Sharing; 7--Mass Care; 8--Medical 
Countermeasure Dispensing and Administration; 9--Medical Materiel 
Management and Distribution; 10--Medical Surge; 11--Nonpharmaceutical 
Intervention; 12--Public Health Laboratory Testing; 13--Public Health 
Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation; 14--Responder Safety 
and Health; 15--Volunteer Management.
    These capabilities serve as national standards for public health 
preparedness planning. The ORR 2.0 has three modules: Descriptive, 
Planning, and Operational, which will allow DSLR to analyze the data 
for the development of descriptive statistics and to monitor the 
progress of each recipient towards performance goals. The intended 
outcome of the ORR 2.0 is to assist CDC to identify strengths and 
challenges facing preparedness programs across the nation and to 
identify opportunities for improvement and further technical support.
    Information will be collected from respondents using the new 
Operational Readiness Review (ORR) 2.0 platform but a backup paper 
option may be available for jurisdictions that require it. Information 
collected from respondents is a requirement of the PHEP Cooperative 
Agreement for participants to receive funding. This Reinstatement will 
allow PHEP recipients to complete their reporting requirements for the 
five-year time period of 2019-2024 PHEP Cooperative Agreement. CDC is 
requesting a three-year approval for this information collection. The 
total annualized burden hour estimate is 3055 burden hours. There is no 
cost to respondents other than their time.
    Estimated Annualized Burden Hours

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                                                                                                      Average
                                                                     Number of       Number of      burden per
          Type of respondents                   Form name           respondents    responses per   response  (in
                                                                                    respondent        hours)
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PHEP Recipients.......................  Critical contact sheet                62               1           80/60
                                         (CCS).
PHEP Recipients.......................  Jurisdictional data                   62               1          255/60
                                         sheet (JDS).
PHEP Recipients.......................  Receive, stage, store                 62               1               4
                                         (RSS) warehouse (x2,
                                         primary and alternate).
PHEP Recipients.......................  Partner form/spreadsheet              62               1               8
PHEP Recipients.......................  Workforce development                 62               1             1.5
                                         and training.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 1--Community               62               1               1
                                         Preparedness.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 2--Community               62               1               1
                                         Recovery.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 3--Emergency               62               1               2
                                         Operations Coordination.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 4--Emergency               62               1             1.5
                                         Public Information and
                                         Warning.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 5--Fatality                62               1             2.5
                                         Management.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 6--                        62               1               1
                                         Information Sharing.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 7--Mass Care.              62               1               2
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 8--Medical                 62               1               3
                                         Countermeasure
                                         Dispensing and
                                         Administration.

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PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 9--Medical                 62               1          195/60
                                         Materiel Management and
                                         Distribution.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 10--Medical                62               1               2
                                         Surge.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 11--                       62               1             1.5
                                         Nonpharmaceutical
                                         Intervention.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 12--Public                 62               1             1.5
                                         Health Laboratory
                                         Testing.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 13--Public                 62               1             2.5
                                         Health Surveillance and
                                         Epidemiological
                                         Investigation.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 14--Responder              62               1             1.5
                                         Safety and Health.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 15--Volunteer              62               1           75/60
                                         Management.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Multiyear training and                62               1               1
                                         exercise plans (MYTEP)--
                                         training and exercise
                                         planning workshop.
PHEP Recipients.......................  MYTEP--training and                   62               1               2
                                         exercise planning
                                         (annual).
PHEP Recipients.......................  Capability 13--Quality                62               1           20/60
                                         improvement process.
PHEP Recipients.......................  PHEP functional exercise              62               1           20/60
                                         (FE), full-scale
                                         exercise (FSE) or
                                         incident--annual PHEP
                                         exercise.
PHEP Recipients.......................  PHEP FE, FSE, or                      62               1             1.5
                                         incident--annual staff
                                         notification and
                                         assembly performance
                                         measure.
Directly Funded Localities............  Facility setup drill....               4               1           45/60
Directly Funded Localities............  Site activation drill...               4               1               1
PHEP Recipients.......................  EOC activation..........              62               2           30/60
PHEP Recipients.......................  PHEP FE, FSE, or                      62               1           20/60
                                         incident--Five-year
                                         joint exercise.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Five-year Distribution                62               1             0.5
                                         FSE OR Five-year Pan-
                                         flu FSE.
                                        Five-year Dispensing FSE             * 4               1             0.5
PHEP Recipients.......................  Five-year pan flu                     62               1           45/60
                                         functional exercise.
PHEP Recipients.......................  Tabletop exercise (TTX)--             62               1           20/60
                                         Administrative or
                                         fiscal preparedness.
PHEP Recipients.......................  TTX--Continuity of                    62               1           20/60
                                         Operations.
Directly Funded Localities and Freely   Dispensing Throughput                 12               1           20/60
 Associated States.                      Drill.
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Jeffrey M. Zirger,
Lead, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Public Health 
Ethics and Regulations, Office of Science, Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2024-30483 Filed 12-19-24; 8:45 am]
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